Reality Revelations

One of the most glaring misconceptions about Christianity that I observed among church-goers, non-church-goers and unbelieving people alike, was their preoccupation with the thought that it required them to be “good” people.  Spoken or unspoken, many people conveyed the message that they could never attain the perceived Read the rest of this entry »

The day I took a stand to reject the “religious” Jesus Christ of my imagination and embrace the biblical Lord Jesus Christ of truth, is the day I knew I would come under much sniggering, mockery, insults and abuse from unbelieving people, but I was not expecting the same from people who claimed to be Christian.  The venom spewed Read the rest of this entry »

Whether they were church-goers or not, every so often on the streets I was asked, “What does ‘born again’ mean?”  Thanks to the Internet today there are some wonderful, in-depth, theological answers to the question, but for the purposes of this post, it literally means to be “born from above by the Spirit of God.”  In other words, a spiritual transformation takes Read the rest of this entry »

Jesus tells us in the gospel of Matthew that heaven can be entered only through the narrow gate.  He says that the highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide enough for multitudes to choose its easy way.  I witnessed the confirmation of that truth numerous times every day when I was out there on those streets as a public gospel messenger.  Life was a mini Read the rest of this entry »